NEW DELHI: A six-year-old boy was killed and five others, including two women, were injured after a speeding car, driven by a Class 12 student, ploughed into pedestrians in Lucknow, triggering shock and outrage in the area.
The incident took place on Thursday evening on Kanpur Road in front of the Hanuman temple at Banthra. Police said five people were seriously injured in the accident, and the child later succumbed to injuries during treatment.
The injured have been identified as Arman (12); Awadh Bihari (42), son of Durgadeen; Sadhana Verma (35), wife of Sanjay Patel; Meena Devi (60), wife of Bhimshankar; and Dikshant Patel (6), son of Sanjay Patel.
Dikshant Patel, aged around six, died while undergoing treatment.